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Charles Bartholomew "Chuck" Bass is a fictional character in the best-selling Gossip Girl series of novels. The character is portrayed by Ed Westwick in the television series of the same name. Although he is a secondary, antagonistic character in the original book series, in the television series Chuck is one of the main characters, serving as the show's antihero. The television series character is noted for his financial ambition and personal style.[1] He is the best friend of Nate Archibald and Blair Waldorf's on/off again boyfriend.
Book series background
Charles Bartholomew Bass was raised in Manhattan's most elite social circle. He was born on May 19th and is the son of wealthy businessman Bartholomew Bass and his wife Misty, and has a brother named Donald and an uncle named Harold. Chuck resides with his family at the Plaza Hotel on the Upper East Side and attends school at the Riverside Preparatory School for Boys on the Upper East Side, along with scholarship student Dan Humphrey. Chuck is largely friendless, but is tolerated by the others because of his family's enormous wealth. He is described as having flamboyant fashion sense, with a penchant for scarves, and has a pet monkey named Sweetie whom he carries around with him everywhere. Lazy and vain, Chuck's only interests are sex and money, and he is frequently chided by his father for lacking ambition and performing poorly in school. He has a number of flings with numerous females and males, but his only serious relationship comes near the end of the series, when he begins dating Blair Waldorf, a self-obsessed luxury loving teenager. Because of his poor grades, Chuck is rejected from every single college he applies to, and is ultimately sent to military school by his furious father. However, in the Gossip Girl spin-off The Carlyles, it is stated that Chuck never showed up to military school, and his whereabouts thereafter are unknown. In I Will Always Love You, it is revealed that Chuck went off to school in California and returned a changed man. He dates Blair Waldorf in Oxford for a year. Toward the end, Blair breaks up with him because she needs to take a break.
TV series background
Charles Bartholomew Bass' was born May 19, 1991, to the late Bartholomew "Bart" Bass, a self-made billionaire who owns the The New York Palace Hotel, where Chuck resides. Both of his parents are now deceased, as of "It's a Wonderful Lie," leaving Chuck with only his step-family, the Van der Woodsens, uncle Jack Bass and girlfriend Blair Waldorf. In the episode "The DeBarted", it is revealed that Chuck's mother's name was Evelyn and that there is a chance that she is alive. Chuck attends the prestigious St. Jude's School for Boys with long-time best friend Nate Archibald. He is the resident bad boy of the Upper East Side, originally portrayed as a Casanova type. After sleeping with Blair in "Victor, Victrola", he has taken on a softer side, and is often shown to be nearly monogamous in light of his love for Blair. He is the male version of Blair when it comes to manipulation and revenge, the two often coming together to form sometimes-elaborate plans for vengeance and self-gain. Fan favorites, they are often described as equals. In the second season, Chuck reveals to Dan Humphrey that his mother, Evelyn Bass, died giving birth to him. With the death of his father, Chuck for a short period of time returned to his old ways (under the influence of Jack Bass) before finally telling Blair that he loved her in the Season 2 finale. In the most recent episode Chuck found a woman crying in his father's grave, she recognized him and ran, leaving yellow roses in the grave (his mother's favorites) and a necklace that had an E on it; his father never told Chuck where his mother was buried.Later In The Episode"The Lady Vanished " it is confirmed that Evelyn is Elizabeth Fisher, who indeed is Chuck's Mother.
Book series background
Charles Bartholomew Bass was raised in Manhattan's most elite social circle. He was born on May 19th and is the son of wealthy businessman Bartholomew Bass and his wife Misty, and has a brother named Donald and an uncle named Harold. Chuck resides with his family at the Plaza Hotel on the Upper East Side and attends school at the Riverside Preparatory School for Boys on the Upper East Side, along with scholarship student Dan Humphrey. Chuck is largely friendless, but is tolerated by the others because of his family's enormous wealth. He is described as having flamboyant fashion sense, with a penchant for scarves, and has a pet monkey named Sweetie whom he carries around with him everywhere. Lazy and vain, Chuck's only interests are sex and money, and he is frequently chided by his father for lacking ambition and performing poorly in school. He has a number of flings with numerous females and males, but his only serious relationship comes near the end of the series, when he begins dating Blair Waldorf, a self-obsessed luxury loving teenager. Because of his poor grades, Chuck is rejected from every single college he applies to, and is ultimately sent to military school by his furious father. However, in the Gossip Girl spin-off The Carlyles, it is stated that Chuck never showed up to military school, and his whereabouts thereafter are unknown. In I Will Always Love You, it is revealed that Chuck went off to school in California and returned a changed man. He dates Blair Waldorf in Oxford for a year. Toward the end, Blair breaks up with him because she needs to take a break.
TV series background
Charles Bartholomew Bass' was born May 19, 1991, to the late Bartholomew "Bart" Bass, a self-made billionaire who owns the The New York Palace Hotel, where Chuck resides. Both of his parents are now deceased, as of "It's a Wonderful Lie," leaving Chuck with only his step-family, the Van der Woodsens, uncle Jack Bass and girlfriend Blair Waldorf. In the episode "The DeBarted", it is revealed that Chuck's mother's name was Evelyn and that there is a chance that she is alive. Chuck attends the prestigious St. Jude's School for Boys with long-time best friend Nate Archibald. He is the resident bad boy of the Upper East Side, originally portrayed as a Casanova type. After sleeping with Blair in "Victor, Victrola", he has taken on a softer side, and is often shown to be nearly monogamous in light of his love for Blair. He is the male version of Blair when it comes to manipulation and revenge, the two often coming together to form sometimes-elaborate plans for vengeance and self-gain. Fan favorites, they are often described as equals. In the second season, Chuck reveals to Dan Humphrey that his mother, Evelyn Bass, died giving birth to him. With the death of his father, Chuck for a short period of time returned to his old ways (under the influence of Jack Bass) before finally telling Blair that he loved her in the Season 2 finale. In the most recent episode Chuck found a woman crying in his father's grave, she recognized him and ran, leaving yellow roses in the grave (his mother's favorites) and a necklace that had an E on it; his father never told Chuck where his mother was buried.Later In The Episode"The Lady Vanished " it is confirmed that Evelyn is Elizabeth Fisher, who indeed is Chuck's Mother.
